Bottle-labeling machine.



No. 838,113. PATBNTED DBC.

G. L.' HINSGH & C. A. FOSSELMAN.

BOTTLE LABELI'NG MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED 00T. 30, 1905.

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$635553 VIII/7542376,

GLL. H2L/isch &' CA-F055eZman,

tHe NaRRls PETERS co., wAsmNcraN. D c4 PATENTED DEG.11,1905.

G, L= HINSGH 1 C. A. POSSBLMAN.

BUTTLS LABELING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED colmo. 1905.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GUSTAVE L. HINSCH AND CHRISTIAN A. FOSSELMAN, OF WAVERLY, IOWA; SAID IVIINSCH ASSIGNCR TC SAID FOSSELMAN.

. Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 11, 1906.

Application filed October 30, 1905. Serial No. 285,218.

T LZ whom, t may concern:

Be it known that we, GUsrAvE L. HiNsoH and CHRISTIAN A. FossELMAN, citizens of the Umted States of America, and residents of Waverly, Bremer county, Iowa, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inBottle-Labeling Machines, of which the followingis a specification.

Our invention relates to bottle-labeling machines; and the object of our invention is to provide a simple and strong construction capable of being .operated by hand-power and which has various'adjustable features, as fully described hereinafter. This object we have accomplished by the means which are hereinafter escribed and claimed and which are illustrated by the accompanying drawings, in which` Figure l is a side elevation of our improved bottle-labeling machine, parts being shown as removed or partially sectioned away in order to more satisfactorily depict the interior construction. Fig. 2 is a plan view of said machine, parts thereof being also shown as removed or sectioned away. Fig. 8 is an under plan view of the reciprocating table with its bottom plate removed. Fig. 4 isa side elevation of the same with the side plate only sectioned away along the line marked a; a: in Fig. 3, and Fig. 5- is a detail view of the adjustable back-stop on the bottle-supports.

Similar numbers refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

We are fully aware that bottle-labeling machines of a somewhat similar construction have been placed on the market but in the construction shown it is our endeavor to produce a simple portable machine capable of being easily operated by hand, which while inexpensive still possesses adjustable features, rendering it capable of use for labeling different-sized bottles, as well as in the application of different sizes of labels, and adapted to be operated as rapidly in use as could be done with larger and more expensive machines actuated by other forms of power and -using less space.

The moving parts are sup orted by four uprights 29, placed in paral el relation to each other, said uprights also supporting the horizontally-adjustable mucilage-holders 11.

j The niucilage-holders 11 are open at the top for the reception of the adhesive medium and rest upon antifriction-balls 18 and 19,

side of said holders and the channels 17 and 19, respectively, in the upper portions of the uprights 29. We have provided the following means for horizontally adjusting said mucilage-holders for the roper depositing of the adhesive material) on the end portions of different sizes of labels. These means consist of the horizontally-slidable brackets 22, whose inner ends are provided with slots 25 to contain the threaded studs 27, in which work thumb-screws 26. An opening is provided in the middle of the transverse bar of each of said slidable brackets, that a threaded shaft 24 may pass therethrough, the inner end of said shaft impinging upon the outer surface of each of the mucilage-liolders 11. The outer end of the shaft, which extends through the bracket 22, is furnished with thumb-screws 23, while a coiled spring 28 is placed about said shaft between said bracket and mucilage-holder to keep the parts taut. When the mucilageholder 11 has been adjusted to the desired position by the means heretofore described, it is fixed in place by means of thumb-screws 26. The bottom plates of the mucilage-holders are inwardly inclined to facilitate the passage of theadhesive material, said inclined plates terminating in wells provided with perforations 16. Attached to the lower side of said mucilage-holders and having openings communicating with the perforations 16 are the rubber daubing-disks 10, through which the mucilage flows and is received on the outer ends of the pile of inverted labels 47. These labels are stacked in one pile upon the central portion of a reciprocating table 9 and are kept in the same place in the pile 47 by means of the adjustable fingers 1. The reciprocating table 9 consists of a fiat horizontal rectangular hollow box containing the means for adjusting the position of the upwardly-extending ngers 1. The upper p ate of said boxing is provided with slots of different lengths diverging in different directions from the center and through which extend and move the adjustable fingers 1.

5 and .6 are horizontal threaded shafts spaced apart but crossing each other at right angles in the center of the box 9 and whose inner ends are received within the ste -bearings 44, xed in the interior of said box. The outer ends of said shafts extend through TOO openings in the end walls of said box and are provided with the hand-wheels 4 and 3, respectively, by means of which they may be rotated. Each of said shafts works through threaded openings in the centers of the crossbars 2, and levers 43 are pivoted on studs 45 to the upper surfaces of the ends of the crossbars 2. From the outer ends of the levers 43 the ngers 1 project upward through the slots 42.

A table 9 is mounted within the space inclosed between the four uprights 29 by means of angle-irons 14, engaging and slidable over flanges 15 on said uprights. .Said table 9 may be vertically reciprocated by the actuating means now to be described.

Transverse shafts 34 and 48 have their ends supported, respectively, by each pair of uprights 29. Upon the shafts 48 are pivoted pairs of inwardly-projecting arms 31, having antifriction-rollers 3() pivoted to their inner ends. Outwardly-extending arms 40 are connected to the arms 31 near the shaft 48, the outer ends of said arms 40 attached to and sustaining cylindrical weights 41 by means of the plates 50 and screws 51. Each pair of arms 31 are at points near their middle portions connected together by means of crossybolts 35, which are contained and are slidable within the slots 33 in the lower arms of the levers 32, fulcrumed on the transverse shaft 34. 37 is a transverse lever pivoted to the upper end of the lever 32 and by a projection thereon prevented from moving in one direction. The outer ends of said levers 37 are connected to the outer ends of the lower portions of the levers 32 by means of tensionsprings 36. The inner ends of the pivoted levers 37 are provided with rubber wipers 39, said wipers being pivotally connected to said levers by means of hinges 38, whose movement is restricted in one direction.

The operation of our improved bottle-labeling device is as follows: Upon the Y- shaped supports 12, the rearmost of which is provided with an upright finger 13, a bottle 49 may be placed. When downward manual pressure is exerted upon the bottle 49, the table 9, upon which the Y-shap ed supports 12 are fixed, moves vertically downward within the space between the uprights 29, the lower surface of said table contacting with the antifriction-rollers 30 and pushing down the inner ends of the lever-arms 31. n Fig. 1 the position of the moving parts while in a state of rest is indicated by the full lines, while the dotted lines insaid figure represent the respective positions of each of the moving parts when the downward limit of movement of the reciprocating table 9 has been reached. As the table 9 recedes downward under pressure the uppermost inverted label 47 remains suspended between the two daubing-disks 10 by reason of its adhesion thereto. The downward movement of the arms 31 causes the transverse bolts 35 therein to slide downward along the straight portion of the slots 33 until the points are reached where the straight portion of said slots meets the outwardly-curved portions thereof. In this portion of their movement the bolts 35 cause the upper ends of the levers 32 to move inward to a vertical position, but the further progress of said bolt along the curved portions of said slots tends only to leave the said levers 32 in the same vertical position as shown by the dotted lines in Fig. 1. The upper ends of the levers 32 in their progress inward carry with them the wipers 39, and as the table 9 has now dropped a sufficient distance to permit of it the wipers 39 pass inward between the upper surface of the table 9 and the lower surface of the label, which still depends by reason of the adhesion of its gummed ends to the daubers 10. As the bottle 49 contacts with the middle portion of the labelthe latter tends to wrap itself about the being aided by means of the iiexible inner ends of the wipers 39 contacting with the under surface of said label, rubbing over and pressing it closely to the bottle, so that the gummed spots on either end of said label are caused to firmly adhere to the bottle. In its continued progress downward the bottle 49 passes between the elastic wipers 39 and moves downward until the table 9 has reached its lowermost position, when it may be quickly withdrawn from its supports. The counterweights 41 add smoothness to the quality of the movement of the reciprocating parts of the mechanism, while the springs 36 provide the requisite elasticity in the action of the wipers 39. When it is desired to adjust the fingers 1 to hold labels of another size, said fingers may be moved to or from the center 'of said table by simply turning the shafts 5 and 6 thus moving in or out the threaded cross-bars 2, with their pivotally-connected levers 43. When the fingers 1 are thus adjusted to the label, the mucilage-holders 11 may be moved horizontally in or out' to the required distance by the means heretofore described.

The back-stop 13 of the bottle-support 12 is made adjustable horizontally by mounting its inturned arm 54 on a bracket 51 by means of a short bolt 52, inserted through a slot 53 and an opening in the bracket 51 and fastened by a nut 55.

Having described our invention, what we claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a bottle-labeling machine, a combination of bottle-holding uprights, a reciprocating table supporting said uprights, means for elevating said table after its depression and release, label-holding means on said table, delivery-conduits for adhesive mate-e rial above said table, and elastic wipers arranged to pass between said delivery-conbottle, such action IOC TIO

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duits and said table adapted to contact with and attach the label to a bottle supported above said table.

2. In a bottle-labeling machine, a combination of bottle-holding uprights, a reciprocating table supporting said uprights, means for elevating said table after its depression and release, label-holding means in said table adapted to be adjusted to hold different-size labels, delivery-conduits for adhesive material above said table, and elastic wipers arranged to pass between said delivery-conduits and said table and adapted lto contact with and attach a label to a bottle supported above said table.

3. In a bottle-labeling machine, a suitable framework having bearing-flanges, a reciprocating table movable over said flanges, bottle-holding supports over said table, adjustable label-holding means in said table, adjustable conduits for adhesive material above said table, meansforzelevating said table after its depression and release, daubers on said conduits adapted'to gum and adhere to the topmost label on said table, and elastic meansL for Contactin with said topmost label from beneath on tIie descent of the table to compress the label about the descending bottle.

4. In a bottle-labeling machine, the combination of a reciprocating table provided with an adjustable label-holder and having a bottle-support spaced above and away from its upperl surface, adjustable conduits for adhesive material above said table provided with antifriction ball-bearings, and means for elevating said table after its depression and release.

5. In a bottle-labeling machine,a combination of a reciprocating table provided with an adjustable label-hole er and hayin@` a bottle-support spaced above and away from its upper surface, slidable conduits for adhesive material above said table having means of horizontal adjustment to and from each other, means for elevating said table after its depression and release, and wipers elastically connected to said reciprocating means for bringing the gummed label in contact with a bottle on said bottle-supports on the descent of the latter.

6. An adjustable label-holder for a bottlelabeling machine, comprising the combination with a reciprocating table having radiating slots in its top plate, of threaded shafts rotatably set in bearings on said table, interiorly-threaded cross-bars on said shafts having pivot-studs on each end, levers pivoted to the studs on the ends of said cross-bars, and contact-fingers extending from the outer elnds of said levers upward through said s ots.

7. In a bottle-labelin@F machine, horizontally-adjustable receptac es for adhesve material, comprising in combination with upright supports provided with bearings, mucilage-holders in said bearings havin sloped bottom plates leading to wells, wls provided with perforations for the issue of adhesive material therein, and perforated elastic daubers in communication with the said perforations, and means for horizontally adjusting said mucilage-holders to and from each other. i

8. In a bottle-labeling machine, in combination with la framework provided with bearings, of receptacles for adhesive material horizontally slidable in said bearings, anti-- friction-balls between said receptacles and said framework, perforations in the bottoms of said receptacles, and means for horizontally adjusting said receptacles in said framework and fastening them in the desired position.

lSigned at Waverly, October, 1905.

GUSTAVE L. HINSCII. CHRISTIAN A. FOSSELMAN.

Witnesses:

E. A. DAwsoN, J. Y.' HAzLnTT.

Iowa, this 25th day of 

